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Quotes on Persistence

Enjoy the inspirational words of wisdom in these quotes on persistence. Persistence is one of the keys to success. We hope these sayings and quotes inspire you to persist even when you feel like giving up.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Calvin Coolidge

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Dale Carnegie

Persistence prevails when all else fails.
Saying on my desk

When life knocks you down you have two choices- stay down or get up.
Tom Krause

The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.
James Whitcomb Riley

There is no failure except in no longer trying.
Elbert Hubbard

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
Thomas Carlyle

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?
Marian Wright Edelman

Money grows on the tree of persistence.
Japanese Proverb

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Napoleon Hill


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more inspirational quotes on persistence:
No great achievement is possible without persistent work. Philemon Bertrand Russell

The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before. Herodotus

Studies indicate that the one quality all successful people have is persistence. They're willing to spend more time accomplishing a task and to perservere in the face of many difficult odds. There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it. Dr. Joyce Brothers

Success equals time, persistence, determination, and having confidence in yourself. Catherine Pulsifer

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